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Ballet Hispánico presented its annual program at the Apollo Theater on December 1st and 2nd with three works embodying the strength of Latin culture. The evening began with a 1998 ballet by Ramon Oller, danced by the full company of 12 dancers. Bury …Read more

Dresden Semperoper Ballett made its Joyce debut this week, presenting one world premiere, and three other works new to the New York stage. The German ballet company, helmed by Artistic Director Aaron Watkins, incorporates both the classical and the c …Read more

Roy Assaf Dance made its New York debut this week with two works, Six Years Later and The Hill, both choreographed and performed by Assaf and his dancers. The Israeli company premiered on October 12 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, after performing at …Read more

BalletCollective, Troy Schumacher’s contemporary ballet company, opened its fall season last week at the NYU Skirball Center for the performing arts. Schumacher’s work continues to pull its inspiration from all branches of the art world. True to its …Read more

Vangeline Theater opened its run of Butoh Beethoven at the Producer’s Club Royal this week. A solo work praised for its striking imagery and emotional journey, it did not disappoint. Choreographed and performed by Vangeline, a French-born dancer and …Read more

New Chamber Ballet closed its twelfth season this past weekend in the uniquely humble style that’s come to represent the company over the last decade plus. The evening presented four works by Artistic Director and founder Miro Magloire, as well as on …Read more

BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance/Bryn Cohn + Artists’ collaborative production of Home premiered at Gibney Dance last week. Home is a study in relationships and love of all kinds: familial, romantic, for places, and for ideals. In light of the trage …Read more

By age 15, Mark DeGarmo had already had three businesses in the venues of sales, poetry, and fundraising, and was actively working to become a playwright. Now, a self-described “man of a certain age,” he’s still a gladiator in various arenas. In his …Read more

Enrico D. Wey opened this year’s spring season at Danspace Project on March 31 with a new solo work to accompany his 2015 work: this useless tool, this folded flower. Conceived as an intensely personal introspection, as well as a more macro examinati …Read more

As a one-man show starring two men, Brodsky/Baryshnikov is a singular experience. Set on the poetry of Joseph Brodsky, performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, and directed by Alvis Hermanis, the performance straddles the line between play and recital. It p …Read more